Cheirodon kiliani

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Characiformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Characiformes

Familia: Characidae
Subfamilia: Cheirodontinae
Genus: Cheirodon
Species: Cheirodon kiliani

Name

Cheirodon kiliani Campos, 1982

Holotype: IZUA 2340. Paratypes: IZUA 276 (50, c&s), 2341 (orig. 6); USNM 227309 [ex IZUA 2341] (1), 227310 [ex IZUA 2341] (1); plus additional material. Type catalog: Vari & Howe 1991:14.

Type locality: Río Cau Cau, Chile.

References

Primary references

Campos, H. 1982. Sistemática del género Cheirodon (Pisces: Characidae) en Chile con descripción de una nueva especie. Análisis de multivarianza. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 17(2–3): 129–162. Reference page.
Vari, R.P. & Howe, J.C. 1991. Catalog of type specimens of Recent fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. 1. Characiformes (Teleostei, Ostariophysi). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 517: 1–52. DOI: 10.5479/si.00810282.517 Reference page.

Links

Cheirodon kiliani in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2026. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on June 8, 2016.
Cheirodon kiliani – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Cheirodon kiliani in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2026. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.